quaestio

quaestiō ōnis, f

QVAES-, a questioning, examination, inquiry, investigation : exploratā re quaestione captivorum, Cs.: rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare, to investigate : res in quaestione versatur, is under investigation : de moribus ultima fiet quaestio, Iu.— A judicial investigation, examination by torture, criminal inquiry , inquisition : cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset, conducted a trial for assassination : mortis paternae de servis paternis quaestionem habere: quaestionemin eum ferre, demand his prosecution : placuit quaestionem ex his haberi, L.: instituta de morte: ad quaestionem abripi, to the torture : illum in quaestionem postulavit: quaestiones severius exercere, L.: quaestioni praeesse, to sit as judge : tabellae quaestionis, records of testimony at an examination : quaestiones perpetuae, standing commissions of criminal investigation : iudex quaestionis (i. e. quaesitor): quaestiones extraordinariae, investigations by special commission , L.: dimittere eo tempore quaestionem, i. e. the court.—A question, subject of investigation, matter, case, cause, dispute, difficulty, inquiry : quae (sententia) viri simillima, magna quaestio est: perdifficilis de naturā deorum: de moribus ultima fiet Quaestio, Iu.: beatos efficiat (sapientia) necne quaestio est, may be disputed.—The record of a judicial inquiry, minutes of evidence : hanc fictam quaestionem conscripisse.